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[looking at the behinds of the Miss Black Awareness pageant contestants] I didn't come to preach to you today...But you know, when I look at these contestants! For the Miss Black Awareness Pageant, I feel good! I feel good, because I know there's a God somewhere! There's a God somewhere! Turn around ladies for me please! You know there's a God who sits on high and looks down low! Man cannot make it like this! Larry Flynt! Hugh Hefner! They can take the picture, but they can't make it! Only God above, the Hugh Hefner on high, can make it for ya!

Landlord: [angered] Look, you better not be wasting my time. You got money?! [Semmi holds up a large clip of money; landlord becomes cheerful] Come on in, gentlemen.

[Bystanders steal royal luggage after Akeem and Semmi enter]

[stepping out to fire escape after checking out room]

Akeem: Behold, Semmi. Life. Real life! A thing that we have been denied for far too long! [shouts] Good morning, my neighbors!

Neighbor: Hey, fuck you!

Akeem: Yes, yes. Fuck you too!

[During basketball game at Madison Square Garden]

Darryl: [sarcastically] So, what do you people play in Africa? Chase the monkey?

Akeem: No, our favorite game there is football, but I believe you call it [Patrice rubs him] SOCCER!!!

Clarence: You must be out your goddamn mind! Joe Louis, the greatest boxer that ever lived. [to Akeem and Semmi] I'll be with you boys in a minute. He was badder than Cassius Clay, he was badder than Sugar Ray, and that new boy-what's his name? Mike Tyson?-looks like a bulldog; he was badder than him, too.

Clarence: Oh, there they go. There they go, every time I start talkin' 'bout boxing, a white man got to pull Rocky Marciano out they ass. That's their one, that's their one. Rocky Marciano! Rocky Marciano! Let me tell you something, once and for all-Rocky Marciano was good; but compared to Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano ain't shit.

Saul: He beat Joe Louis' ass.

Morris: That's right, he did whoop Joe Louis' ass.

Clarence: Joe Louis was 75 years old when they fought.

Morris: I don't know how old he was, but he got his ass whooped.

Clarence: Joe Louis had come out of retirement to fight Rocky Marciano the minute he was 76 years old. Joe Louis was always lying about his age. He lied about his age all the time. One time Frank Sinatra came in here and sat in this chair. I said Frank 'you hang out with Joe Louis, just between me and you, how old is Joe Louis?' You know what Frank told me, he said "Hey, Joe Louis is 137 years old." A hundred and thirty-seven years old!

Lisa: What is going on? And why have you become nice to Akeem all of a sudden?

Cleo: I like the boy!

Lisa: What are you up to?

Cleo: What? Nothing. I mean, a man has got a right to change his mind, doesn't he?

Lisa: Daddy...

Cleo: You know, you two could make a beautiful couple.

Lisa: Daddy...

Cleo: He's a real fine young man.

Lisa: [Snaps] Dad!

Cleo: [Excited] Okay, Lisa. He's rich. He is rich!

Lisa: What?!

Cleo: He got his own money and, baby, when I tell you he's got his own money, I mean the boy has gotten his own money! [Hands Lisa a 100 Zamunda pound note] A prince. He's a prince! Oh, Lisa, you did it this time. You hit the jackpot. Your little goat herder makes Darryl look like a welfare case!

Queen Aoleon: Are you all right, my dear?

Lisa McDowell: No, it's just that...I got to get out of here.

Queen: [after Lisa leaves] What did you say to her?

King Jaffe Joffer: I told her the truth, that Akeem cannot be interested in her.

Queen: How can you be so sure?

King: Oh, come now. Our son cannot consort with such a girl.

Cleo McDowell: Now, wait a minute!

King: Oha. I know you have been inconvenienced. I am prepared to compensate you. Shall we say, one million American dollars? [Oha writes in checkbook]

Akeem: You want me to renounce my throne? I will. [calls out to passengers] From this moment on, I renounce my throne. I'm no longer the prince of Zamunda. I renounce my throne! [back to Lisa after passengers feel indifferent] Does this make you happy?

Lisa: [looks at nearby passengers] I can't let you do that.

Akeem: I do not care about my crown. All I care about is you. Marry me, Lisa.